I'APILIOXID.E. PIERIX.T;. BELENOIS. 



nervure smaller, but better definecl than above ; in the male it is scarcely 

 indicated. 



Antenna' lilaek, very narrowly ringed with white. Body black, clothed with 

 pale hair beneath ; abdomen with yellow hair, male with a very distinct grey 

 tuft before the extremity of the abdomen beneath. 



Hal). Mombasa (Last). 



In the Colk'ctious of H. Grose Smith, and others. 



"Nearest to B, Trimenia, But!.; Imt the wings are shorter and liroader, the apical black 

 pat(_'h in both sexes is much broader, and the marginal spots on the posterior wings of the female 

 are much larger. In an(>ther form of the female the posterior wings on the upperside are creamy 

 white, and on the underside l.iuff." (H. CI. S., lor. rif.) 



IV.— BELENOIS NAGAEE. $ . Figs. 4, 5. ? . Fm. C. 



MijIotJiri.'i Xdijiur, H. Grose Smith. " Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History," ser. 0, vol. 3, p. 1'24 (1889). 



Exp. 1|- inches. 



3/<ili'. Upperside. Both wings white, base slightly dusted with grey ; 

 costa black, dusted with grey ; apex and hind margin black, the lower half 

 dentated and irregular on the inner edge of its lower half, and ceasing just above 

 the hinder angle. Posterior wings with a row of Idackish spots before the 

 fringes at the extremities of all the nervures except the costal and submedian. 



Underside. Anterior wings white, the costa and apex very narrowly black, 

 the base and more faintly the apex, tinged with yellow ; two blackish spots near 

 the extremities of the two lowest median nervules. Posterior wings pale creamy- 

 white ; Ijase of costa i)ale orange. 



Fcniah'. Upperside white, dusted with blackish towards the base, and 

 inclining to Imff towards the costa; costa blackish, strongly dusted with grey; 

 ajiex and hind margin more broadly black than in the male, the folds between 

 the nervures marked with yellowish or whitish on the border, which is deeply 

 dentated on the inner side, and extends quite to the hinder angle. Posterior 

 wings inclining to buff, thickly irrorated with grey on the inner and hind margins, 

 and with a row of l)lackish spots before the extremities of the nervures. 



Underside. Anterior wings white, base and costa yellowish, apex buff, a 

 row of six blackish spots curving inwards and upwards near the extremities of 

 the discoidal and median nervules. Posterior wings buff, the costa pale orange 

 at the base. 



